Some have compared Matsuoka’s use of “newhalf” to the offensive Western term “shemale.” It’s possible to interpret this as an ugly joke about Samus’s traditionally masculine appearance, as illustrated in the 80s by Nintendo Power, where she is said to be six foot three and 198 pounds. There has been some debate asking if the comment was in jest or genuine. Hirofumi Matsuoka, who helped work on the original design for Samus Aran, claimed that she “wasn’t a woman,” but instead, “ニューハーフ,” or “newhalf.” This language has its own issues, but terminology used for gender in the early 90s was as different in Japan as it was in the West. It’s true! In 1994, the writers of the official Japanese Super Metroid strategy guide asked Metroid’s developers if they could share any secrets about the intergalactic bounty hunter. That’s why I’m thrilled to tell you that one of the most famous women in videogame history happens to also be a transgender woman! It’s none other that Nintendo’s Samus Aran! Characters and stories like this reinforce the harmful idea that transgender women only have societal value in their sex appeal. One of the most famous transgender video game characters, Poison from Final Fight, is empowered but blatantly oversexualized. Both Dangonronpa and Persona 4 managed to blunder transgender representation. Ultimate, where Zero Suit Samus is seen fighting against a Mii Brawler wearing a Jacky Bryant outfit.Representation for transgender people is equally tough to find in gaming. This was given an indirect reference in the November 1 Nintendo Direct coverage for the then-upcoming game Super Smash Bros. Samus's physical appearance resembles Sarah Bryant from Virtua Fighter.Although Samus wears the Power Suit throughout most of the Metroid series, she traditionally removes it at the end of most games, often as a result of satisfying certain conditions such as completing the game quickly or with a high percentage of the game's items collected or even both. However, completing Metroid in under five hours revealed Samus to be a young woman. Originally players were under the impression that Samus was a male, as even the instruction booklet suggested this. Samus broke ground early in the gaming world when she debuted in the 1986 game Metroid. Her most renowned achievements are the destruction of the Space Piratebase on Zebes, her role in ending the Galactic Phazon crisis, her extermination of the Metroid species, and her disobedience of orders at the Biologic Space Laboratories research station where she chose to destroy the deadly X Parasites rather than turn them over to the Galactic Federation. Equipped with her cybernetic Power Suit, Samus has become famous for accomplishing missions previously thought impossible.
Though she ultimately left to become a Bounty Hunter, she was nonetheless hired by the Galactic Federation on many occasions. Once she reached adulthood, Samus joined the Federation Police and served under the Commanding Officer Adam Malkovich.
Orphaned during a Space Pirate raid on her home of K-2L, Samus was adopted by the mysterious Chozo and taken to Zebes, where she was infused with their DNA and raised to become a warrior. Chief Rodney Aran (Father) Samus Aran (サムス・アラン Samusu Aran ?) is an intergalactic bounty hunter and the protagonist of the Metroid series.
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